Quote Originally Posted by DragonFlyy View Post
It could be due to population. If there are people there, even if they aren't drawn, the system is still communicating with the server to get those locations causing a slow down in the PS4. Will have to check it out, but I remember quite a bit of FPS drops when ever I go through a populated area (such as Limsa).
A likely scenario, however this happens in instanced content too. This makes me feel that this may well be a graphical issue, as people's locations at a settlement would not be broadcast into an instance on a separate server.